FICCI’s Global Skill Summit

With the vision and direction of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, through the initiatives of 17 ministries, NSDC, private sector and the increased interest of the international partners – opportunities around skills development have grown exponentially. However, the key element for skills training, the prime focus of skills action, the target of the skills industry – ‘the learner’, still struggles to find his way through the tricky maze of education and vocational training. While the country is busy chasing a target of training 500 million people by 2020, every learner is still going through an unfortunate and confusing phase where vocational training is often seen as a career of chance and not choice.